The complexity of SharePoint and the way it can be integrated into other business applications means that companies should take the time to follow and understand all stages in the development process to maximise the benefits and return on investment.
Failure to do so can mean that they are risking a poor-quality deployment and a solution that does not improve business operations and in fact can lead to a loss of productivity rather than a gain.
In this overview, we outline some of the stages of the SharePoint development process and how your business can maximise return on investment and achieve maximum benefit.
Like all major projects, planning is the key to the success of any SharePoint deployment. We recommend breaking down the planning process into a number of stages including:
The final thing to remember about planning your SharePoint development is that you need to continually review and adjust the system accordingly. New apps and add-ins should be deployed as and when required which will continue to improve productivity.
We have already discussed setting SMART goals and objectives and these must have timescales set against them. There is no point going through the whole SharePoint development process just to see it fail because timings are not met.
Depending on the complexity of a project the development could take several months which can be broken into 4 phases:
Regardless of whether your business opts for an on-premises or SharePoint Online solution, you want to maximise the return on investment and this is best done through the development process rather than trying to sort it out afterwards.
As part of the process you should therefore consider the following factors:
SharePoint is a great way for you to improve efficiencies in your business and get staff to collaborate more closely and by paying attention to the development process you will ensure that the installation is seamless and you get maximum return on investment now and in the future.
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